In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.

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    3 hours ago

    I have the version that was made for the OG Switch and the build quality is garbage tier. Developed stick drift in both sticks in less than a month.

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    12 hours ago

    Bullshit. They are doing that to cause a fever of pre-orders in the US despite the tariffs. Within a year, they will be on shelves.

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    10 hours ago

    I can’t buy any of their classic controllers here in Norway. Never understood why we were left out.

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    11 hours ago

    Nintendo keeps shooting themselves in the foot. On one hand, as a PCMRer and massive fan of Valve, I’m glad to see how many are open to moving over here. On the other hand, Nintendo was the last console manufacturer I actually liked (despite their anti-emulation crusade) and so it’s like a death of an era.

    The future really is in console-like PCs a la the Steam Deck and Valve’s upcoming Fremont.

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      16 hours ago

      Lol yeah. It makes sense. You don’t want your peripheral for the console to sell out to buyers that just want to use it for emulation.

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      20 hours ago

      I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???

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        20 hours ago

        I mean, it’s Nintendo - if there was a way to somehow automatically charge your card every time you say, hear or think the words “Nintendo”, “Mario” and such, they’d do it without hesitation…

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        20 hours ago

        That’s been standard for the switch retro controller releases. And yes it’s been bullshit the entire time. I would have liked an N64 one.

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          19 hours ago

          But you don’t have the sub (cheap when sharing a family pack) so you can’t play the N64 games anyway.

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        16 hours ago

        A controller that is useful only when you have that online subscription to play the back catalogue, yes.

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      17 hours ago

      Well that got me all worked up for no reason, didn’t it.

      Thanks for the clarification.

      COME ON, OP!

  • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    21 hours ago

    Nintendo is just dedicated to shooting themselves in the foot as hard as possible with this launch aren’t they?

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    21 hours ago

    The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) Controller – Nintendo Classics will be exclusively available for Nintendo Switch Online members and will initially only be offered to those invited to pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2 console

    Does this suggest I can buy it later or am I going to have to pay scalper price if I want it?

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      20 hours ago

      I think you’ll always need NSO sub if buying directly from Nintendo, but pre-order rule only seems to be because of scalpers, so that only those who can actually use it, buy it.